Practice Advocate Blog

In spite of all the careers AI will take over, there are many it will simply augment. Yours is one of those. For all the diagnostics and treatment planning AI will be able to do in dentistry, it will never be able to...

We see too many dentists doing their own marketing. Dentists know dentistry better than anyone else. Many believe that somehow the use of social media and owning a business translates into the expertise of both domains....

In the last blog, I mentioned that one of the common variables that seems to be contributing favourably and somewhat passively to practice growth right now is a critical mass of patients at or above 2,200. At that magic...

Different than 30 years ago, there are now two different types of practices: Practices that are growing and practices that are shrinking. We get to work with a lot of dentists. Much like you get the true honour of being...

For the past three years, I’ve had the pleasure of developing and teaching the business of dentistry curriculum at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry for the first, second, third and fourth year DDS...

On January 28 the Bank of Canada will be announcing their position on the policy rate. Most of the major Canadian banks predict we are going to hold where we are for most of 2026 and see increases late in the year. It...

Most often, when a dentist inquires about appraising or selling a practice, the inquiry looks like this: “I want to appraise my practice. How much do you charge?” Or this:“What are your fees for selling a practice?”...

If you’ve got a DDS or a DMD after your name, you had to be “right” a lot to get it. You had to be right on written tests. You had to be right on multiple choice tests. You had to be right on clinical evaluations. You...

We’re getting to that point where we’ve passed the acceptable date to wish one another Happy New Year, so I’ll refrain and leave it to be implied. I hope the start of 2026 has been a good one for you, your family, and...